"Can I take the liberty to ask again, are you two really not a couple?"

At the checkout counter of the jewelry store, while packing the hairpins chosen by Tetsuya Kiritani, the female clerk with slightly curly short hair couldn't help but ask.

Just now, she witnessed with her own eyes Tetsuya Kiritani's intimate act of helping Hoshino Aihime put on a hairpin, which made the answers she originally received from them begin to become shaky in her heart.

"no."

Directly opposite the female clerk, Kiritani Tetsuya and Hoshino Aihime, standing side by side, answered almost simultaneously again.

It seemed that the answers from both parties once again maintained a high degree of tacit understanding, and now both of them couldn't help but turn their heads and glance at each other.

"Yeah, I understand, this is the hairpin you just picked."

Seeing the unusually synchronized answers and interactions between the two, the female clerk did not ask too many questions, but smiled and nodded.

After saying that, she handed the paper shopping bag containing the cat's hair clips to Kiritani Tetsuya's hand.

"Please walk slowly and welcome to come again next time."

After a while, looking at the backs of the two people leaving together, the short-haired female clerk spoke out of habit, and suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction in her heart.

...

After buying the hairpins, it was almost noon.

"Thank you for coming shopping with me today."

Walking on the street to the station, Tetsuya Kiritani held a paper shopping bag in his left hand and spoke leisurely.

"It's okay, why don't you accompany me to the shrine?" Hoshino Aihime shook her head in response.

"Besides, you originally bought that thing for me, so it would be nice for me to come in advance and see what gift you have prepared for me."

Of course, this sentence was just a small complaint made by the girl in her heart, and she did not actually say it out loud.

"Well, that's right."

Beside Hoshino Aihime, Kiritani Tetsuya lightly agreed.

"Then just call me when you go to visit Yui Miyajima next time."

"May I?"

Hoshino Aiji couldn't help but turn her head.

"Of course. Didn't I also buy a royal guard to give to her?"

"And I think it's not a bad thing to meet such a girl."

"Okay, I'll let you know in advance if I want to go there then."

Seeing that Kiritani Tetsuya agreed naturally, Hoshino Aihime nodded slightly and said. At this time, looking at the other party, she felt inexplicably more pleasing to the eye.

"Then I'll leave first."

Seeing that he had reached the tram stop, Kiritani Tetsuya waved his hand to Hoshino Aihime and said.

"See you."

In response, Hoshino Aihime also waved her little hand, deliberately stopping for a moment and watching the other person's figure gradually merge into the crowded station entrance.

However, the figure in the field of vision had just taken a few steps forward when he saw the other person turn around again, and the familiar voice came over.

"By the way, do you still remember what I said to you at the shrine?"

Kiritani Tetsuya turned around and said to the girl. The expression on her face seemed to have suddenly thought of something fun before leaving.

"Which sentence?" Hoshino Aiji blinked her eyes, took over the other person's words and asked.

"That's what I said when I was drawing the magic lot." Tetsuya Kiritani reminded him.

Having said this, he had already recalled in his mind the scene where he and the divine girl answered the clerk twice in unison when he was in the jewelry store just now.

"To a certain extent, we surprisingly have a good understanding."

The above picture appeared in his mind, Kiritani Tetsuya smiled slightly, and couldn't help but repeat the sentence again.

After he finished speaking, without waiting for the girl's reaction, he turned his body back and quickly disappeared into the crowd of people coming in and out.

Outside the entrance of the station, when she heard Kiritani Tetsuya say these words, Hoshino Aihime was stunned for a moment, but soon understood the meaning of the other person's words, and her originally indifferent face became a little unbearable.

Especially in conjunction with Kiritani Tetsuya's somewhat mean expression when he spoke just now and his behavior of leaving immediately after speaking, the girl had an inexplicable feeling that she had been molested accidentally.

"Sure enough, after the plan succeeds, I still have to give this guy a complete beating."

Looking at the entrance of the station where Kiritani Tetsuya had just disappeared, Hoshino Aihime gritted her silver teeth slightly and muttered. The slight affection she had for him a few minutes ago almost disappeared.

...

The rare weekend passes quickly, and a new week comes one after another, but for Tetsuya Kiritani, who is free from after-school tutoring and club activities, it is still a relatively leisurely study life.

In the previous chat, he and Wei Wei made an appointment to meet for the first time after the monthly test on the rooftop at noon this Tuesday, and to have lunch together.

As usual, this time the girl also prepared a lunch box with rich ingredients and generous portions for Kiritani Tetsuya. The taste was still that familiar, so that after eating the lunch box, Kiritani Tetsuya felt inexplicably empty.

My stomach felt full after a long time.

After the two of them finished lunch, Kiritani Tetsuya also fulfilled his agreement a few days ago and quickly took out the apology gift he had prepared over the weekend.

"Thanks!"

After taking the gift specially prepared for herself by Tetsuya Kiritani with both hands, Yui said happily in the morning.

Then, with Kiritani Tetsuya's permission, the girl opened the gift package with excitement and took out a black metal hairpin with a big-eyed cat's head on it.

"Did Kiritani-san choose this for me personally?"

After carefully examining the hairpin in her hand, the girl asked with curiosity mixed with a hint of expectation.

"Basically I selected it myself, but I also relied on some friends' opinions."

Kiritani Tetsuya answered truthfully to Yui's question in the morning.

There was no need for him to lie or be jealous in front of this young girl.

After finishing the last sentence, Kiritani Tetsuya looked at Yui in the morning and couldn't put it down for the gift he gave her, and then continued to speak.

"You can put it on and see if it looks good."

"Yeah, I'll try it on now."

Wei Wei showed an eagerness to try in the morning.

Even so, the girl did not rush to put on the hairpin. Instead, she looked at Kiritani Tetsuya, hesitated for a while and then spoke.

"If it's convenient, could you ask Kiritani-san to put it on for me?"

"Shall I come?" Tetsuya Kiritani said slightly surprised.

"Well, if Kiritani-san is willing, I would be very happy."

When she said this, the girl's eyes were always on Kiritani Tetsuya, with a lot of desire in her crystal clear eyes.

"Oh well."

Seeing this, Kiritani Tetsuya had no choice but to agree.

So after Wei put her hair up in the morning, he moved his butt slightly, took the black cat hairpin from the girl's hand, and skillfully fixed her hair with the hairpin.

During the whole process, Yui morning's eyes were always fixed on Kiritani Tetsuya who was helping her put on her hairpins. This made Kiritani Tetsuya suddenly have a wonderful feeling of going back in time, as if the scene of helping Hoshino Aiki tie her hair was repeated again.

It happened again on this empty and quiet rooftop.

The only difference was that it was difficult for Kiritani Tetsuya to catch any obvious emotions in the eyes Hoshino Aiki looked at him at that time, but in Yui's eyes looking at him in the morning, he could see at a casual glance that they contained a strong emotion.
Chapter completed!